Marguerite Knight
(1920-2004)
English spy in World War II
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Marguerite Diana Frances "Peggy" Knight (later Smith) MBE (born Paris, 19 April 1920 – died, 2004) was a member of the Women's Transport Service and in 1944 served with the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. With the code name Nicole, she worked as a courier with the Donkeyman network (or circuit) in France. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe and Asia against the Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England.
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19 April 1920 Paris, France
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2004 (aged 83)
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